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Optimum disc playability : ensuring
excellent picture quality
Philips components and modules for the various
CD applications have always enjoyed an excellent
reputation in the market place for super disc
playability - the ability to play discs which may be
scratched, soiled or not fully according to the
standard specification. This position has been
underlined by tests showing the superior
performance of the various Philips players, as well
as by the positive experiences of millions of
individual consumers around the world.
Constantly improving performance
As the penetration of the CD system has
increased, and new applications like CD-ROM
and Video CD have become commonplace,
Philips Components - as the CD technology
inventor and as one of the major suppliers of CD
player modules in the industry - has constantly
improved the performance of its products.
One of the ways in which this benefits users is by
optimum disc playability. This is an important
parameter for CD players other than CD Audio,
and especially for the Video CD applications,
because any loss of data from the disc will at best
cause disturbances in the reproduced picture, and
at worst can cause the player to lose track so that
disc playing fails.
Presenting Super Error Correction
To ensure consistently good results when playing
Video CD discs of all quality grades and
conditions, Philips has introduced further
improvements in the system's playability. These
developments together are called Super Error
Correction, a proprietary Philips technology
optimizing the system's ability to handle less-than-
perfect discs with the minimum disturbance to
normal playing.
By effectively eliminating virtually all errors arising
under normal playing conditions, Super Error
Correction ensures that the picture quality as
seen by the user is independent of disc play. The
video encoding and processing during mastering
of the disc, and the MPEG-1 decoding and video
encoding in the signal processing stages, are now
the only limiting factors for picture quality.
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